Title :
Signal-dependent timing jitter in continuous-time ΣΔ modulators
Author :
Cherry, J.A. ; Snelgrove, W.M. ; Schvan, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada
fDate :
6/19/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A previously unpublished mechanism of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) loss specific to continuous-time ΣΔ modulators is illustrated. It arises from increased quantiser resolution time for small-amplitude quantiser inputs, and is related to metastability
Keywords :
continuous time systems; SNR loss; continuous-time ΣΔ modulators; metastability; quantiser resolution time; sigma-delta modulators; signal-dependent timing jitter;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970779
